Closed edge fly front for garments



Filed June 2, 1947 20 2E Inventor Patented Nov. 2 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,452,853 CLOSED EDGE FLY FRONT FOR GARMENTS Frank IppcilitLThiladclphia, Pa. Application June 2, 1947, Serial No. 751,815

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and'useful fly front for garments, and has for one of its objects to provide a neat appearing fly front that cannot bulge or open up in a gapping manner.

Another object of this invention is to provide a garment with a fly front that is closed along the entire outer edge. J

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment with a completely closed fly except for the button holes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a closed edge garment fiy which will conceal the buttons during the time the garment is buttoned in a closed or fastened condition.

A further object of the invention is to arrange one layer of the lining or other interior material in a manner to cover the raw edges of the materials within the fly whereby said raw edges will be concealed from sight through the buttonholes and ravellings cannot enter the button space between the walls or plies of garment material.

A still further object of this invention is to form a closed fly for garments which will be strong, wear-resisting and in which only the garment material is visible under any and all conditions, thereby eliminating any possibility of unsightly worn lining being seen by persons in the vicinity of the wearer of a garment fashioned with the closed fiy.

With the above and other objects in view this invention consists of the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a front view of a conventional overcoat, illustrative of a garment constructed with my closed fly, a portion of the coat being thrown or turned back to show the relation of the buttons and the buttonholes in the fly part of the garment.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged and exaggerated horizontal section through the two layers or sections of garment material extended and sewn together as the preliminary step in the formation of the closed fly.

Fig. 3 also is a horizonal or transverse section of the closed fly.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the complete garment closure including the closed fly.

Fig. 5 is-a transverse section of a closed fly of slightly different formation.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied! and 8 represent the two parts of the closure of a garment 9 which, for purposes of illustration only, is shown as an overcoat. The part. 1 has the buttons l0 sewn thereon by the stitches H and the part 8 has portions fashioned to constitute the closed fiy l2 defined and bordered by the row of stitches l3, Fig. l.

Principally, the closed fly includes an inner wall or ply M of garment material having buttonh-oles l5, and an outer wall or ply it of garment material in spaced parallel relation to said inner wall or ply Hi to provide a button space l1 and the forward edges of said. walls or plys are sewn together to form a seam l8.

Actually, each wall or ply of garment material l4, l6 has any desired number of layers of stiffening fabric 19 and 20, respectively and lining fabric 2| and 22, respectively. The two plys of garment material, Fig. 2 with the respective imposed layers of stiffening and lining fabrics, especially the latter, are laid together, face to face, and sewn by the row of stitches 23 to form the seam l8. After this has been done, the two plys or walls of garment material are folded back, the start of which is shown in Fig. 2, until they are, in efiect, completely folded inside out and in spaced parallel relation, as depicted in Figs. 3 and 4. Thus folded, a closed outer edge 24 is formed as well as the button space ll being provided to which access is had only through the buttonholes.

With the above construction, under some eX- treme condition, the raw edges of the inturned portions of the goods forming the seam l8 might become visible through the buttonholes but this is completely overcome by first imposing both linings 2| and 22 on the same wall or ply of garment material and carrying one of said layers of lining fabric over to the other wall or ply of fabric material as shown in Fig. 5. In this last mentioned figure both lining fabrics 2| and 22, by way of illustration, are shown imposed on the wall or ply of garment fabric :4 and the seam i8 is then formed as previously described. When the two walls or plys of garment fabric are turned back, the top or outermost layer of lining fabric, as 22, is moved over and imposed on the other wall or ply of garment fabric l6 thereby being disposed across and concealing the raw edges of the seam [8 so they will not be visible through the bottonholes under any condition.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when a garment constructed with the closed fly of this invention is buttoned, the buttons are completely concealed and there is no possibility of the garment fabric gaping open, thus the fly is as neat appearing as any other finished edge of the garment.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of Iiiy invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

1. A garment fly comprising an innerand an outer wall or ply of garment matei ial disposed in parallel spaced relation, with theouter edges turned in and secured together to form a sea-m0- cated between the walls of arment-media, the inner wall having buttonholes as the only/access to the space between the garment walls, and't'wo layers of lining material having contiguous edges of both layers -secured 'to the seam between one side thereof and oneadjacentgarm'ent wal'Lone dfs'aid lining layers extending over theinside'sur- 'faceofs'aid adjacent wall, and thedther lining layer being separated from the first mentioned =lininglayerandextending over the-inside surface of-the] opposite garment wallaiid covering theinturned seam to conceal the letter from 'view through the blittonholes,

selves in the region of the "seam whereby the raw edges of said seam will be inturned, then separating the outermost lining layer from the other lining layer and disposing said outermost lining iayermver the raw edges of the seam and the inner surface of the opposed garment wall.

FRANK IPPOLITI.

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